Community care for adults with learning disability and their carers: Needs and outcomes from the Leicestershire register

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-190

  McGrother, C W ^a   Hauck, A ^b   Bhaumik, S ^b   Thorp, C ^a   Taub, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Community care; Depression; Learning disabilities; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0029993701     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1996.tb00621.x     Document Type: Article

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